Ikey Doherty has announced the release of SolusOS 1.1, a desktop Linux distribution based on Debian's stable branch but with a newer kernel and up-to-date software packages: "The
SolusOS team is pleased to announce the release of SolusOS 1.1. This
release brings greater hardware support and newer application versions,
as well as support for hybrid GPUs, such as the NVIDIA Optimus. A new
3.3.6 kernel is at its core with the BFS patch, alongside the GNOME 2.30
desktop environment. Many new application versions are present. Brief
overview of software versions: Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0.1,
LibreOffice 3.5.4, OpenShot 1.4.2, VLC 2.0.1.... The 1.1 series,
although based on the 'Eveline' repositories, is to be maintained
separately from the 1.0 series." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: SolusOS-x86-1-1.iso (978MB, MD5, torrent), SolusOS-AMD64-1-1.iso (994MB, MD5, torrent).

The SolusOS Linux distribution, which was in
development (with one Testing release, 2 Beta releases and 4 Release
Candidate versions) from the beginning of the year, is now available for
32-bit architectures only.

Dubbed Evelin, SolusOS 1 is based on the stable version of the
Debian operating system, it is powered by Linux kernel 3.0 with PAE
support, and features the GNOME 2.30 classic desktop environment stuffed
with up-to-date applications like Firefox/Thunderbird 12 or LibreOffice
3.5.

"I am pleased
to announce the final release of SolusOS Eveline 32-bit Edition. All
issues have now been corrected and installing from a LiveUSB stick is
now possible, via dd or Unetbootin."

"SolusOS
is based on Debian Stable and features recent applications, as well as
working out of the box with most hardware, multimedia and will
automatically install proprietary graphics drivers if you wish." - said Ikey Doherty in the official release announcement.